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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5305463/site/newsweek/

The poor aren't the only ones who are angry. In Mexico, which has arguably the fastest-growing middle class in the hemisphere, there exists a pervasive sense of bitterness. "You can't sustain democracy if it doesn't provide results. No security, no growth," says Mexican political economist Lorenzo Meyer. "I see it in my own life. I have work but my son doesn't. I'm angry, sad. Democracy hasn't brought anything better. It's just democracy by default. What we're losing is our optimism." Analysts expect more violence, with calls for the return of strongmen who can deliver prosperity—men like Augusto Pinochet of Chile. That would take Latin America back to the 1970s, when it started to lose its way. Is that progress?